Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 19, 2023

I work in supply chain. If I had done due diligence, I’d have seen the warnings – the retailer had pretty pictures on their website, but their supply chain failed them, creating an eleven-month saga and unhappy customer. The failure was in supply chain orchestration – connecting planning to execution.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The Fleet Feet Supply Chain The goal for the Carrboro, North Carolina-headquartered retailer is to make each store a hub for the local running community that it serves. The DC has 36 employees and operates seven days a week. They consolidated three warehouses one of which they got in the acquisition – into the Durham DC.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

If you are a product manufacturer, you know all too well the perils of shipping products from your factory or warehouse to a DC or retailer. Packaging and product damage during shipping is extremely common. When you ship a product , your goal is simple: make sure it gets there in good condition. Inside the Box.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Many large enterprises use one form or another of a supply chain application to help manage their supply chains. Supply chain vendors have been touting their investments in artificial intelligence (AI) for the last several years. AI can refer to several different types of math.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Cooper University Health Care Relies Upon Real-time Alerts to Improve Operations Cooper University Health Care, like most companies, struggled with their supply chain during COVID. The company bought a risk solution that provides real-time alerts to potential supply disruptions. We knew exactly what we couldn’t get.”

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The path to perfect implementation of a new e-commerce shipping strategy is not always clear, and it comes with several challenges that can undermine the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of e-commerce. International trade and customs issues reports Toby Gooley of DC Velocity. Channel-specific processes. Troublesome returns management.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 28, 2017

Freight shipping has relied on the same systems for years, ranging from manual entries to a constant struggle in balancing delivery windows with costs. Before these changes can happen, shippers need to understand a few things about LTL shipping challenges and ways Less Than Truckload technology will impact them. Carrier rates may vary.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 29, 2022

The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. The impact varies by supply chain sector and value chain. Instead, supply chain leaders need to focus on the minimization of waste, and the alignment of signals.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Mars has been on a journey to transform their digital supply chain. In 2019, Will Beery was appointed the vice president and tasked with leading the company’s global digital supply chain transformation. Mars’s Digital Transformation Mr. Beery started by asking, “what does a digital supply chain mean for us?”

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Supply Chain Opz

JUNE 1, 2014

Professionals in supply chain management use various methods to identify best practices to improve the operations. In order to accelerate the learning, this article has gathered 20+ most sought-after supply chain case studies, analyzed/categorized them by industry and the findings are presented.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2023

Bart De Muynck and Joe Lynch discuss the connective tissue of the supply chain, which is a reference to project44. As the supply chain connective tissue, project44 operates the most trusted end-to-end visibility platform, tracking over 1 billion shipments annually for the world’s leading brands.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Editor’s Note: This is our second post in a two part series about how to get your logistics and transportation practices in order in time for holiday shipping or peak season crunches. The first post covered how you can get the DC or warehouse ready for the holidays or peak seasons. . Truckload Holiday Shipping.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 19, 2021

On Monday, March 8th, a vice president of supply chain for a large retail chain – a chain with over 5,000 stores – spoke at Körber’s supply chain conference Elevate. Currently disabled workers are employed at 8 supply chain locations. Körber has been the “big unlock” for this.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 11, 2025

Supply Chain Matters provides the first of a two-part market education series addressing what we term as broadening the context from warehouse control layer or accelerator to that of supply chain execution orchestration.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Digital Twin from Infor Nexus Drives Supply Chain Agility for Molex. The fact that most manufacturers struggled to achieve supply chain agility during COVID is not news. The Molex Supply Chain. The Molex global supply chain is complex. It is part of Koch Industries. The Advantages of Agility.

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Demand Solutions

DECEMBER 30, 2014

But regardless of whether you plan to read a book every week, go running every day at 6 AM, or finally put some money in your IRA, I believe the New Year is a perfect time to make some resolutions about your supply chain. New Year’s Resolution #1: “I resolve to put effective supply chain performance measures in place.”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 19, 2023

Warehouse and supply chain planners rely on a surprising number of technologies to achieve this. In dynamic slotting, goods for which there is high demand are located nearer to the shipping docks to minimize travel. It is to have the right product, in the right place, at the right time, across an extended supply chain.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

When I started my business in 2012, I frequently wrote about the future using the moniker of Supply Chain 2020. We had just recovered from a recession, and my goal was to help supply chain leaders create a better supply chain by the end of the decade. At that time, Supply Chain 2020 seemed so far away.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 26, 2021

Regardless and most importantly, reverse logistics will always form a vital function of any supply chain. In the case of reverse logistics, the resource goes at least one step back in the supply chain. And like all things in the supply chain, it’s ripe for optimization. What Is Reverse Logistics.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 10, 2025

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 19, 2019

While we live in an age where same-day delivery and free shipping have become customer expectations, we also live in an age where dimensional weighting and quarterly accessorial increases have become a reality from the carrier. The reality is that most carriers do not invoice as soon as a package has shipped.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

Last week, Clint Reiser published an article highlighting our 2022 supply chain predictions. While we have published predictions about supply chain technology trends at the beginning of the year in past years. This year we have decided to lead with our predictions about the broader supply chain function.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Choice” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide supply chain insights and advice. Warehouse and DC operations can involve hundreds of suppliers, manufacturers, and logistics providers, each with their own network and security protocols.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The shipping capacity crunch is not a new topic, but the end of 2017 is shaping up to reveal an unprecedented crunch, reports Chris Brady of Logistics Viewpoints. To successfully mitigate the potential setbacks from shipping capacity crunch, your organization understand more about its current and projected driving forces. CEO, David S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 29, 2024

Leading WMS providers – like Manhattan Associates, Blue Yonder, and Körber Supply Chain – offer WES. Pack Optimization —Companies often use an excessive amount of packaging to ship items to customers. Pack optimization works to fill shipping containers efficiently. The solution should be componentized.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 12, 2024

Ongoing attacks on vessels in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthis continue to disrupt shipping lanes in the chemical industry’s supply chain, according to Al Greenwood, chemicals expert and deputy editor at ICIS. The Houthis are creating significant supply chain disruptions for chemical companies and governments.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 6, 2021

Last mile logistics remains a confusing part of the modern supply chain. As reported by Business Insider , “as a share of the total cost of shipping, last mile delivery costs are substantial — comprising 53% overall. However, recent supply chain disruptions have taught industry leaders an inescapable truth.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Chuck Intrieri, 3PL consultant, and long time Lean Supply Chain practitioner, offers his advice on distribution center or warehouse slotting effectively. First Things First, Do You have all The Tools To Set You Up for DC Or Warehouse Slotting? A slot can be part of a shelf or the entire shelf.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2021

KNAPP noted that one its retailer clients would ship e-commerce orders from the DC to the store locations for customer pick-up (click and collect process). The pandemic created, almost overnight, a market for direct-to-consumer shipping of some high-end, luxury goods. Rapid Order Increases.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 10, 2015

However, the diversity of the supply chain, and the importance of timely shipping and customer service, presents a unique challenge at best through several festive celebrations all year long. Benchmark DC Systems to Handle the Volume. Be it Christmas, the New Year and New Orders, a new budget, Thanksgiving returns , etc.,

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

However, technology has risen to dramatically alter the execution of supply chain functions. However, this sharing of information would have not been possible without the use of technology across the supply chain. What’s Causing the Shift Towards Greater Use of Technology in Supply Chain Functions?

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

In the study, new products represent 17% of total cases shipped. Products in the long tail of the supply chain have an average error of 70% MAPE and a 15% bias. Both bias and error are higher in European supply chains. New product shipments increased 10% over the last three years. Tougher in Europe.

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Shipchain

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Blockchain technology is a major disruptor in the supply chain. It stands to change the game as we know it by giving companies a better way to ensure traceability throughout vast supply chain networks. In order to properly disrupt the supply chain of today, you need to know everything there is to know about it.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 24, 2023

The company’s warehouse network consists of four main distribution centers (DCs) and 22 forward DCs that ship furniture to customers. It hired Alpine Supply Chain Solutions to assist the internal team with identifying opportunities. The next implementation will be at the company’s most complex DC.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 8, 2018

Today, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of individual warehouse management systems ( WMSs ) available, but how do you reap the real-world features within this innovative type of supply chain management systems? Shacklett of TechTarget , consider the size, set up and number of warehouses in your supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2022

Moreira is in Brazil where he is also in charge of a Center of Excellence (CoE) for Latin America for supply chain and manufacturing, sustainability, EHS, Industry 4.0, To support supply chain operations, Saint-Gobain has a Transport Control Tower. and Data Science. million kilometers of highway.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 14, 2021

From this pool point, orders are shipped via LTL to end customers. Shipping by rail compared to OTR modes can offer double-digits savings. Aggregated together, these orders can ship via a more cost-effective LTL rate. Truckload Carrier 2 moves finished goods orders from the DC to their customer. per mile, or $375.

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